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RIO DE JANEIRO -- The Paralympics leadership hoped Rio de Janeiro would build on the success of London. Instead, its about limiting any damage.When the curtain comes up for 4,300 athletes at Wednesdays opening ceremony, almost everything will be scaled back: venues, seating, and staffing. Paralympic officials say that no sports or nations have been cut out, but the athlete experience could suffer.Only a last-minute Brazilian government bailout has helped save the event from a shortfall in the local, privately funded operating budget.This is the worst situation that weve ever found ourselves in at Paralympic movement, Philip Craven, the president of the International Paralympic Committee, told The Associated Press. We were aware of difficulties, but we werent aware it was as critical as this.Rio organizers limped through the troubled Olympics, buffeted by empty seats, green water in swimming pools, and the absence of an Olympic feel. Behind the scenes there were no-show volunteers, street crime and traffic chaos.Craven said hes been assured there are sufficient resources to put on a very good games.Heres a look at the Sept. 7-18 Paralympics featuring athletes from 161 nations, and an added refugee team:---FINANCINGThe Rio Olympic organizing committee promised to use only private money in its 7.4 billion real ($2.3 billion) operating budget. But Craven said local organizers didnt tell him until about 5 1/2 weeks ago that there was no money left to run the Paralympics.They blamed it on slow ticket and sponsorship sales, and the rising cost to run the Olympics.Thats been a problem with the organizing committee -- not knowing information, Craven said.To salvage the event, the Rio city government came up with 150 million reals ($46.3 million) in financing, and the federal government has guaranteed another 100 million reals ($30.7 million). This comes in the form of sponsorships from three state-run entities including the scandal-plagued oil company Petrobras.A local prosecutor argued unsuccessfully that the privately-run organizing committee needed to open its books to justify the government bailout.The influx of public money is still less than half of the $170 million that Rio organizers promised for Paralympic funding in their 2009 bid to the International Olympic Committee.The bailout comes as Rio hospitals are understaffed, and some school classes have been suspended because teachers are staying away to protest delayed payments.The Brazilian newspaper Estadao reported last month that the top eight executives of the Rio organizing committee were each paid an average of $25,000 per month in 2015.International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach flatly denied public money was being used to patch up the local budget.There is no public money in the organization of these Olympic Games, Bach said the day before the Olympics closed -- and a day after the city hall financing was announced. The budget of the organizing committee is privately financed. There is no public funding for this.---NO SPORTS CUTParalympic organizers say there have been no cuts to the sports, all will be contested as planned, and no delegations were forced to drop out.All the teams will be here, Craven said.All of Russias disabled athletes have been banned from the Paralympics for alleged involvement in Russias doping scandal. The ruling was upheld by the Swiss-based Court of Arbitration for Sport.Paralympic organizers originally planned for 4,350 athletes. Paralympic spokesman Craig Spence said all of the 267 slots allotted to Russian athletes could not be filled, dropping the athlete total to 4,300.He said athletes were ring-fenced from the cuts, but acknowledged theyll still feel them.The service levels will be the same, but probably the athlete experience compared to previous games will suffer a little bit, Spence said.---TICKETSOrganizers hope to sell just over 2 million of the 2.5 million tickets available. Tickets are priced at 10 reals ($3), with some fans buying tickets as a cheap way to see the Olympic Park with no guarantee they will actually attend a sports events.Organizers say sales have soared in the last two weeks with sales best for track and field, swimming, wheelchair basketball, five-a-side football, and seated volleyball.Most of the events will be held in the Olympic Park in suburban Barra da Tijuca. The second Olympic cluster in Deodoro has been scaled back and will host only three sports -- shooting, seven-player football and equestrian events. Wheelchair fencing has been moved from Deodoro to the Olympic Park.Paralympic officials say if 1.8 million are sold it would be the second-best selling Paralympics after London four years ago. Beijing eight years ago drew 3.3 million, but only 1.7 million tickets were sold.There are not going to be empty stadiums, Craven said. Dont worry about it.---SOME STARSHere are some to watch .Two visually impaired athletes -- Jason Smyth of Ireland and Omara Durand of Cuba -- are likely to be the fastest man and woman over 100 meters. American Tatyana McFadden is hoping to become the first track and field athlete to win seven golds at one Paralympic Games. 74-year-old Libby Kosmala of Australia is competing in her 12th Paralympics; Jonas Jacobsson, 51, of Sweden in his 10th -- both in shooting. Siamand Rahman of Iran will try to become the first Paralympian to lift 300 kilos in powerlifting. Zahra Nemati, who was the flagbearer for Iran in the Rio Olympics, is the first Iranian woman to win gold in either the Olympics or Paralympics -- she won gold in archery in Londons Paralympics. Brazilian swimmer Daniel Dias, who is seen as the Michael Phelps of the Paralympics, won four gold medals in Beijing and six in London, where he also set four world records. American Matt Stutzman is an armless archer who holds a world record for long-distance accuracy.---Stephen Wade on Twitter: http://twitter.com/StephenWadeAP . His work can be found at http://bigstory.ap.org/content/stephen-wadeJonathan Celestin Jersey . Deulofeu injured a muscle in his right leg in Evertons 4-1 win over Fulham in the English Premier League on Saturday. Barcelona says that its team doctors will "co-ordinate" with Evertons medical staff as Deulofeu recovers. Parker Collins Jersey . 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Rams coach Jeff Fisher didnt provide specifics on Quinns condition, but said they got good results back and that he will be day-to-day with regard to playing in Sundays home game against the Miami Dolphins.It was an unfortunate situation and you never want to hear that, so its good to see him back on the sideline, healthy and doing well, Rams linebacker Mark Barron said.It felt good, defensive tackle Michael Brockers added, because a lot of information was kind of held back, and people didnt really want to start a panic or whatever. It was good to see him. He was all smiles; he was really up to speed for a guy who was just hospitalized.Quinn played in 83 percent of the defensive snaps during a 9-6 win over the New York Jets on Sunday, an uncommonly high number that was partly due to fellow defensive end Eugene Sims going through concussion protocol.On the bus ride back from LAX late Sunday night, he sat behind Fisher and went over some film with him. But Quinn checked himself iinto a local hospital shortly thereafter.dddddddddddd. Fisher said it was highly unlikely that Quinns condition was related to the benign brain tumor he was diagnosed with in high school, which caused severe headaches and prompted doctors to drain excess fluid from his skull.But his teammates were concerned.I know Robs history, Brockers said. I know about the tumor and stuff, so I was really scared that something came back or whatever, and wanted to pray for him and let him know that everything was going to be OK. But at the same time, I just didnt know enough to understand the situation. It was good to just see him this morning and talk to him.Quinn, the 14th overall pick out of North Carolina in 2011, racked up 40 sacks from 2012 to 14, third most in the NFL during that time. The 26-year-old played in eight games last season before ultimately undergoing back surgery and has played in seven of the Rams nine games this year, compiling two sacks, two forced fumbles and two pass deflections.Barron didnt notice any difference on Tuesday.Hes Robert Quinn, Barron said. Hes doing what he always does. To see him back, after his situation, its good.Cheap Jerseys China NFL Jerseys Wholesale Baseball Jerseys ' ' '